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The Taliban Isn’t Combatting Al Qaeda August 30, 2024

All evidence points to the contrary. The Taliban has helped Al Qaeda build its infrastructure after the US withdrawal. Deputy Director Cohen is either ignorant of the facts or politically compromised....

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Taliban 2.0 Looking like the Old, Harsh and Brutal Taliban August 30, 2024

New ‘vice and virtue’ laws empower morality police to restore gender apartheid, revive public executions and restart public stoning ...

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United Nations and EU Condemn New Taliban Laws August 29, 2024

3 Years After Withdrawal, Taliban Rules Afghanistan August 29, 2024

This week marks the three-year anniversary of President Joe Biden’s chaotic and deadly withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan....

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After U.S. Withdrawal Taliban Ban Women’s Voices in Public August 26, 2024

Taliban Government Issues Public Ban on Women’s Voices, Bare Faces August 24, 2024

Afghanistan’s Future Uncertain August 24, 2024

On Aug. 14, the Taliban marked the third anniversary of their return to power in Afghanistan with a public holiday and a televised military parade at the former U.S.-run Bagram airbase. ...

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The World Still Needs America August 21, 2024

In times of uncertainty, people reach for historical analogies. After 9/11, George W. Bush administration officials invoked Pearl Harbor as a standard comparison in processing the intelligence failure that led to the attack. Secretary of State Colin ...

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Taliban Weaker Than They Look after 3 Years in Power August 20, 2024

It has been three years since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan and the group is flying high, facing no legitimate challenge to its rule and courted by much of the international community. ...

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Inside the Taliban’s Afghanistan August 20, 2024

The truth about life in Afghanistan after 2021 is more complex than conventionally understood. ...

Taliban Marks Three Years of Rule and Sharia Law in Afghanistan August 15, 2024

After 3 Years of Taliban Rule, Life Continues To Get Worse August 15, 2024

Afghanistan is 'far more dangerous today' than pre-9/11, security expert warns ...

Iran’s Plans for the Region Were Interrupted by the Haniyeh Killing August 14, 2024

Following the sudden death of Iran’s president, Ibrahim Raisi, the reformist politician Masoud Pezeshkian won the snap election to replace the hard-liner, a possible successor to supreme leader Ali Khamenei.Pezeshkian campaigned on a program of chang...

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My Brother Is Still Being Held by the Taliban August 12, 2024

One year ago, my father wrote an op-ed in this publication describing for the first time the arrest of my brother, Mahmood Habibi, by the Taliban in Kabul. He had been arrested the year prior by the Taliban’s intelligence service, the GDI, along with...

The Taliban Stand To Make a Fortune From Gatekeeping Afghanistan’s Natural Resources March 05, 2024

Afghanistan is sitting on an estimated $1 trillion in natural resources – including gold, oil, coal, copper, timber, precious gemstones, marble, onyx, and vast lithium deposits – a potentially lucrative cash cow that the international community can’t...

The U.S. Must Do More To Hold the Taliban Accountable March 04, 2024

While the Taliban reap the benefits of their grand corruption, Afghanistan appears to be reverting to pre-9/11 conditions as it once again becomes a hotbed for terrorism. ...

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The Taliban’s Plan To Rebuild and Legitimize Al-Qaeda November 28, 2023

In addition to plunging the Middle East back into turmoil, the Israel-Gaza crisis has resulted in entities around the world seeking to exploit the palpable tensions, and has even led some young Americans to re-evaluate al-Qaeda’s past comments on Pal...

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U.S. Weapons, Dollars End up With Taliban, Hamas November 08, 2023

Concerns that American weapons and tax dollars are increasingly going to groups such as the Taliban and Hamas are coming under increasing scrutiny....

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